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Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don't know why

Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don't know why

16 May 2018

All the green-blooded lizards in the world live in New Guinea, but it turns out the trait has evolved there independently at least four times
People are using mosquito nets for fishing and that’s a bad idea

People are using mosquito nets for fishing and that’s a bad idea

31 January 2018

In many tropical countries mosquito nets are handed out to help stop the spread of malaria, but it seems they are often being repurposed as fishing nets

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